Granny's Chicken Okra Gumbo with Sausage

• 4 pounds chicken, whole cut up
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 pounds okra sliced
• 1/2 cup flour, all-purpose
• 1 gallon water
• 1 pounds sausage
• 1 pound chicken gizzards cut up
• 2 medium onions chopped
• 1/4 each black pepper chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley leaves chopped
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 large tomatoes chopped
• 1 can tomatoes
• 2 each bay leaves
• 1 pinch thyme

1. Brown chicken pieces in some of the oil; remove from pot.
2. Brown okra and remove from pot.
3. Add remainder of oil and flour, stirring constantly untill roux is a rich brown.
4. Add okra and water to roux, blending well.
5. Add chicken, sausage, gizzards, and remaining ingredients except file'.
6. Salt and pepper to taste.
7. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs.
8. Stir in file' during the last 1/2 hr.
9. of cooking.
10. Serve with hot cooked rice in soup bowls.

chicken, vegetable oil, okra, flour, gallon water, sausage, chicken, onions, black pepper, parsley, sugar, tomatoes, tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/grannys-chicken-okra-gumbo-saus-42789 (may not work)